Cigar lighter



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2 claims.

- lThe invention relates to a cigar lighter of the pyrophoric type, involving as its main working parts an abradant wheel, snuffer and nger piece, and has special reference to such a cigar 5 lighter wherein the snuifer and abradant wheel are operated by the energy of aspring which is stored thereinY during movement of the snuier to closed position', and by transferring energy thereto from another spring which urges the ngerpiece and snuifer toward their idle posi` tions. In other words, when the linger piece is manually operated, it stores up energy in its spring and the snuffer and abradantv wheel are actuated by the first mentioned spring; when the iinger piece isreleased, its spring restores it and the snuier to idle positiom and this latter movement stores up energy in the spring which actuates the snuer and sparking wheel, which energy isutilized when the nger piece is next manually operated. In so far as I am aware the above principle of alternate transfer of energy from a finger piece spring to a snuifer and abradant wheel actuating spring, has not been heretofore made use 'of in lighters of the type here involved.

Furtherobjects and advantages of the invention will be in part obvious `and in part speciilcally pointed out in the description hereinafter contained which, taken in conjunction with the accompanying' "drawings, discloses a prefen-ed embodiment of the invention; such embodiment, however, is to be regarded merely as sparking metal 3. The main working parts of the lighter, i. e. an abradant wheel 4, snufier member 5 and nger piece B are located over the top of receptacle I, the linger piece 6 and snuifer i being on one side ofthe wheel and the finger piece i on the other side thereof. The U. S. patent to Aronson No. 1,673,727 dated-June 12,

50 1928 may be referred to as illustrating many de'- talls of construction lof lighters of the above type,

which will not be lreferred to herein since they are well known In the art. The abradant wheel 4 and snufier i are supported in suitable manner over the top of receptacle I, for example, they may be plvoted coaxially about a small shaft or transverse spindle 1 located above the top of thereceptacle, andthe snufier member t may have any suitable pawl and ratchet connection to the abradant wheel 4, a pawl 8 carried by the l snuier being indicated for this purpose, which cooperates with ratchet 9 on the abradant wheel l4.

A spring is provided for moving the snufiler to open position and turning the abradant. wheel'lto l0 produce the spark, the illustrated spi-ingbeing coiled about the spindle-1 and having one end vIII urging the snuiier upwardly while its other I4 on the snufier member 5, presses the snuiIer 2o into sealing relation to wick 2, and when the iinger piece is manually moved the spring Il, II, tends toelift the snuierlto open position and, (through the pawl8) turnthe sparking wheel 4 to throw sparks against the wick. This opening 25 movement of the snuffel' and sparking movement of the abradant wheel may be delayed by a suitable latch member which restrains the snuer from movement until the iingerpiece has been moved toany-desired extent; for example, in 3o the illustrated form of the invention a latch I5 locks the wheel 4 and snuier 5 against movement A until the linger piece 6 is depressed far enough to move this latch out of engagement with ratchet Is. when the mich I5 is so disengaged the 35 jected against the wick and the snuier stays 40 open so long as the flnger piece is held depressed by the user. When manual pressure is released from the `fingerl piece the spring I2 forces the latter to idle position and this spring has sufcient power to push the snuier (acting throughv 451 lug I3 and shoulder I4) to closed position against the action of spring Ill, II, thereby storing energy inthe. latter spring for the next actuation', and holding the snuier in closed position until finger piece 6 is next manually operated. 'Ihe latch Il 50- of locking' position. t 65 Thus there is noA driving connection between the nger piece and snuffer or sparking wheel, during the operation of producing a. light, but

' the spring which drives the last mentioned parts during such operation, is set during the return movement of the linger piece which restores the snuffer, this spring (lll, Il), receiving during the movement of the parts to idle position,the energy which is imparted to the finger piece spring I2 during the light producing operation.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been described it should be understood that changes may be made therein without departing from the invention in its broader aspects, within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim: 1

l. A lighter` ofthe class described including in combination a receptacle, a wick and snuffer, abradant wheel and nger piece located over the receptacle, said wick and finger piece being located on opposed sides of the abradant Wheel, said finger piece being reciprocable and having a spring urging it toward idle position, said snuiler having a part pushed by the finger piece when the latter is moved toward idle position by its spring, to press the snuffel' into sealing relation with the wick but said snuiier having no part pushed by the finger piece when the latter is moved from idle position, and a second spring urging the snuier against the force of the above mentioned spring toward open position and toward engagement with the finger piece, whereby the finger piece stores energy in the snufer spring when the finger piece moves toward idle position and said energy is utilised when the finger piece moves from idle position to lighting position,

means being provided whereby the abradant.

wheel is turned to project sparks toward the wick, when the finger piece is moved from idle position.

2. A lighter of the class described including in combination a. receptacle, a Wick and snuier, abradant wheel and finger piece located over the receptacle, said Wick and nger piece being located on opposed sides of the abradant wheel, said nger piece being reciprocable and. having a spring urging it toward idle position, said snuifer having a -part pushed by the finger piece when the latter is moved toward idle position by its spring, to press the snuer into sealing relation with the wick but said snuier having no part pushed by the ringer piece when the latter is moved from idle position, and a second spring urging the snufer toward open position and toward engagement with the finger piece against the force of the above mentioned spring, whereby the finger piece stores energy in the snuier spring when the inger piece moves toward idle position and said energy is utilized when the nnger piece moves from -idle position,

means being provided whereby 'the abradant ,wheel is turned to project sparks toward the Wick, when the finger piece is moved from idle position to lighting position, a latch adapted to restrain the snufer and abradant wheel against movement by said snuffer spring, and means whereby said latch isreleased during movement of the finger piece from idle position,

LEXNDER HARRIS 

